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<H1>-spf (Use fully qualified file paths) switch</H1>

<TABLE>
  <TR> <TH width="80">Switch</TH> <TH>Description</TH> </TR>
  <TR> <TD>-spf</TD> <TD>Use absolute paths including drive letter.</TD> </TR>
  <TR> <TD>-spf2</TD> <TD>Use full paths without drive letter.</TD> </TR>
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<P>Enables the mode that allows to use fully qualified file paths in archives.
If -spf switch is not specified, 7-Zip reduces file paths to relative paths when 
it adds files to archive, and 7-Zip converts paths to relative paths when 
you extract archive. 
If -spf switch is specified, 7-Zip doesn't try to process or convert paths.</P>

<P>Fully qualified file paths begin with one of the following:</P>
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<LI>A UNC name, which starts with two backslash characters, for example, "\\Server1\".
<LI>A disk designator with a backslash, for example "C:\".
<LI>A single backslash, for example, "\Folder".
</UL>

<P>If -spf switch is specified, but the path is not fully qualified, 7-Zip will use specified path, 
it will not convert the path to fully qualified path.</P>


<P>Please be careful, if you use -spf switch with "extract" command. 
Check that file names in archive are correct. Note that with -spf switch 
7-Zip can try to rewrite any file with path specified in archive.</P>

<H4>Syntax</H4>

<PRE class="syntax">
-spf
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<H4>Examples</H4>

<PRE class="example">
7z a a.7z -spf c:\Files\test.txt d:\test.txt
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<P>stores both <SPAN class="filename">txt</SPAN> files with full paths.</P>

<PRE class="example">
7z x a.7z -spf
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<P>extracts files from <SPAN class="filename">a.7z</SPAN> archive with exact 
file paths specified in archive.</P>


<H4>Commands that can be used with this switch</H4>

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  <A href="../commands/add.htm">a (Add)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/delete.htm">d (Delete)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/extract.htm">e (Extract)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/update.htm">u (Update)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/extract_full.htm">x (Extract with full paths)</A>
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<H4>See also</H4>

<P>
  <B>Switches:</B>
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